The undressed
By: Jemma L. King
Publisher: Parthian
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cardigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9781909844803
Subjects: Photography of the nude; Poetry; Women; Photographie de nus; Poésie; Femmes
Description: The Undressed is a poetry collection inspired by a cache of antique nude photographs of women. King studied the photographs ranging from the 1840s to the 1930s and attempted to return voices to these mostly anonymous women lost to history. Meet Olive, the silent movie star, Karolina, The Folding Girl of Kotka, and Mary, the prostitute who hopes the judge shes due to stand before will turn out to be a client ...